The victim of a shooting Wednesday night at a mobile home park in Farmington is Loiz Garcia Cruz, 23, of 419 Terri Drive, Farmington. Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero Thursday morning identified the victim as Cruz, who was listed in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Cruz recently moved to 419 Terri Drive and is employed as a horse groomer at the Finger Lakes Racetrack, said Povero. Cruz suffered multiple gunshot wounds and underwent a lengthy surgery, the sheriff said.

Povero said it is believed Cruz knew the assailant. “The suspect(s) may have left the scene of the shooting in a dark blue SUV, possibly a Chevrolet Trailblazer or possibly a white sedan,” the sheriff said in an email update Thursday afternoon. “Investigators do not believe this is a random act of violence and that the shooting may have occurred due to an altercation between the victim and shooter,” Povero stated.

The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police and the Ontario County District Attorney continue to investigate the shooting that occurred about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, in front of 419 Terri Drive in Hunt’s Mobile Home Park.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office at (585) 394-4560.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies, New York State Police, and Canandaigua City Police responded to a report of multiple gunshots at 419 Terri Drive. Next-door neighbor Beverly Dyson said she was sitting inside at her computer when she heard a series of “pops” she described as sounding like a cap gun.

“I saw this guy coming running and he fell to the ground,” Dyson said. “All of a sudden I looked and these guys got in their cars — one was parked here and one was parked there — and they just peeled away.”

Initially Dyson said she thought her new neighbors were having “a little get-together in the yard.”

“But all of a sudden there was a bunch of running around and I heard popping and they took off,” she said. “The guys that were there picked this guy up and put him in the back of their car and took him over to urgent care.”

Povero said after the incident that one man was shot and was found lying in the middle of the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken by friends to Thompson Health Urgent Care Center in Farmington, after which he was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester because of the severity of his injuries.

Shortly after the shooting, outside the Urgent Care Center, State Police and sheriff’s deputies interviewed eyewitnesses of the Terri Drive shooting; their investigation appeared to be hampered, in part, by a language barrier.

Page 2 of 2 - And as interviews continued at the Urgent Care Center, several miles down the road an unidentified male was seen handcuffed and detained on Route 332. A string of law enforcement vehicles from the three agencies lined the southbound lane between Purdy Road and Canandaigua/Farmington Townline Road. Povero said he believed that incident was related, but the individual being held was “clearly not the shooter.”

A dual investigation is being conducted by New York State Police and the sheriff’s department.

“It’s a joint effort,” Povero said Wednesday after the shooting. “It’s good to have everybody working together — good to pool all the resources. We usually have positive results.”

Dyson, like many of her neighbors, has lived on Terri Drive for 34 years and said the shooting was alarming and “too close to home.”

“I hope he’s OK — he’s a nice guy,” she said of the victim. “He’s been painting stuff and just moved in yesterday. I don’t know the guy personally, but he’s quiet, don’t bother a soul.”